# earth observation (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover earth observation. Page: Feed: --- ## [Bentley Systems Announces Finalists for the YII Awards 2026](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/bentley-systems-announces-finalists-for-the-yii-awards-2026/) _2026-08-19 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ EXTON, Pa. – August 19, 2026 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the finalists for its 2026 Year in Infrastructure (YII) Awards program. For more than two decades, the annual awards have celebrated infrastructure professionals and their innovative use of Bentley software to improve how infrastructure is designed, built,… ## [A Program that’s Redrawing the Geospatial Talent Map](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/a-program-thats-redrawing-the-geospatial-talent-map/) _2026-08-19 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ When Dr. Freddie Wills looked across the geospatial intelligence industry, he didn’t just see satellites, sensors, and data pipelines. He saw people, and more importantly, a gap. “I looked across the industry and saw opportunities for increasing diversity,” he says. “I thought this was an opportunity for Harris-Stowe to be a heavy contributor to this … ## [How a Student’s DEM Analysis Became a Reference for the USGS](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/how-a-students-dem-analysis-became-a-reference-for-the-usgs/) _2026-08-19 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ It was the winter of 2023, and Abiola was a first-year PhD student at Oregon State University who had just arrived in the United States from Nigeria the previous fall. He was completing his final project for CE 513: GIS and Water Resources. The assignment was open-ended: design and carry out a complete GIS analysis … ## [American Geographical Society Honors GPS Pioneer and Trimble Founder Charlie Trimble with O.M. Miller Cartographic Medal](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/american-geographical-society-honors-gps-pioneer-and-trimble-founder-charlie-trimble-with-o-m-miller-cartographic-medal/) _2026-08-18 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ NEW YORK and WESTMINSTER, Colo., August 13, 2026 — The American Geographical Society (AGS) and Trimble today announced that company founder Charlie Trimble has been selected to receive the Society’s O.M. Miller Cartographic Medal. One of the Society’s highest honors, the medal recognizes individuals whose contributions have significantly advanced cartography and the geographic sciences. “Charlie… ## [Around the Geospatial, 3D, and AEC Industries: Surveyors, Lidar, and Spatial Data](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/around-the-geospatial-3d-and-aec-industries-surveyors-lidar-and-spatial-data/) _2026-08-18 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ Every week here at Geo Week News, we have been highlighting some of our favorite stories from around the internet that cover the geospatial, 3D, and AEC industries. Whether it’s a fascinating case study, insights from an industry thought leader, or deep dives into new tools, there is never any shortage of great writing and … ## [Spatial Is Special, Governing AI in the Geospatial Age](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/spatial-is-special-governing-ai-in-the-geospatial-age/) _2026-08-14 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ As AI systems become ubiquitous, organizations are rushing to feed them every kind of data imaginable, including spatial data. According to Amy Rose, CTO at Overture Maps, treating geospatial data like any other dataset in an AI pipeline is a recipe for unreliable results, unintended privacy violations, and decisions no one can audit. We sat … ## [ISS STOXX Sustainability Launches Enhanced Geospatial Asset Analytics Solution](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/iss-stoxx-sustainability-launches-enhanced-geospatial-asset-analytics-solution/) _2026-08-12 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ NEW YORK (August 10, 2026) – ISS STOXX Sustainability, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, today announced the launch of its enhanced Geospatial Asset Analytics solution integrated into its proprietary DataDesk platform, providing investors with precise asset-level insights across their portfolios. The enhanced solution enables investors to assess geospatial risk with greater precision at… ## [Emesent Secures $2M Grant to Develop GPS-Denied Autonomy Open Platform Cortex AI](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/emesent-secures-2m-grant-to-develop-gps-denied-autonomy-open-platform-cortex-ai/) _2026-08-12 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ August 12, 2026 ―Emesent, an autonomous mapping and robotics company, has been awarded a $2 million (USD) grant from the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) program to develop and commercialize Cortex AI, an open, modular autonomy platform that enables any robotic system or vehicle to navigate, map, and operate in challenging and GPS-denied environments. … ## [Inside The Dangermond Preserve, Nature’s Digital Twin](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/inside-the-dangermond-preserve-natures-digital-twin/) _2026-08-12 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ Dangermond Preserve, CA: Coast oak woodlands along a ridge overlooking rolling hills that descend to the Pacific Ocean on the Dangermond Preserve. © Bill Marr/TNC ## [🌐 Self-playing AI masters geospatial reasoning without human labels](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/self-playing-ai-masters-geospatial) _2026-08-12 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: Using embeddings for field-scale crop mapping, generating alternative urban streetscapes with diffusion models and more. ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/f0mCr01SMeQZ) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [How First American Data and Analytics Is Bringing Property Intelligence Into the GIS World](https://www.geoweeknews.com/articles/how-first-american-data-and-analytics-is-bringing-property-intelligence-into-the-gis-world/) _2026-08-11 · Geo Week News · Geo Week News_ At a packed conference booth, Annette Cotton and Matt Key were answering a question they’ve heard constantly from GIS professionals and real estate firms: Can I get it in ArcGIS? Cotton is Chief Data Officer for First American Data and Analytics, with four decades in the data industry. Key is VP of Property Data and … ## [🌐 A new way of measuring urban food security](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/a-new-way-of-measuring-urban-food) _2026-08-05 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: interpretable deep learning for crop yield prediction, rethinking spatial mobility across Europe, and more. ## [🌐 Rethinking population mapping](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/rethinking-population-mapping) _2026-07-29 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: Eliminating manual annotations, a smarter way to model mobility, and more. ## [🌐 A better way of conducting damage assessments](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/a-better-way-of-conducting-damage) _2026-07-22 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: OpenClaw for Remote Sensing, how well can foundation models generalise across borders, and more. ## [🌐 Fixing the fragmented history of US census data](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/fixing-the-fragmented-history-of) _2026-07-15 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: Tracking green growth from space, a look at Africa's power future, and more. ## [🌐 A new way to measure rural economic activity](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/a-new-way-to-measure-rural-economic) _2026-07-01 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: Spotting urban danger zones with geospatial models, and more. ## [🌐 A better way of predicting earthquake damage](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/a-better-way-of-predicting-earthquake) _2026-06-24 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: Tracking fast-moving disasters from space, optimising wind farm locations, and more. ## [🌐 Taking precision agriculture to new heights](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/taking-precision-agriculture-to-new) _2026-06-17 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: Cop-Gen: A generative approach to Earth observation, and more. ## [🌐 Stanford's foundation model for predicting poverty](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/stanfords-foundation-model-for-predicting) _2026-06-10 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: sharpening the world of thermal imaging, mapping out the best data for satellite AI, and more. ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MCqeD6UDOl9v) _2026-06-10 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [🌐 The hidden health costs of global trade](https://www.spatialedge.co/p/the-hidden-health-costs-of-global) _2026-06-03 · The Spatial Edge_ PLUS: The generational toll of political violence, optimising EO with embeddings, and more.